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		<title>Sirens 2015 Reading Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 04:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last three years, I&#8217;ve attended Sirens, an interdisciplinary conference dedicated to women in fantasy literature. In 2015, the conference will be held in Denver, from October 8-11, with the theme of &#8220;rebels and revolutionaries.&#8221; If you know me &#8230; <a href="https://joykim.net/posts/sirens-2015-reading-challenge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sirens 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, I attended Sirens, a conference on women in fantasy literature in Stevenson, Washington. This is the second year I attended, but I&#8217;m sure I will be back again in the future (especially if it continues to be &#8230; <a href="https://joykim.net/posts/sirens-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Patterson, James: The Angel Experiment (2005)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment By James Patterson Adventure, Science Fiction, Teen Time Warner, 2005 Paperback $6.99 978-0446617796 Since I work as a teen librarian, I often check out books of dubious entertainment value because I want to stay stay &#8230; <a href="https://joykim.net/posts/patterson-james-the-angel-experiment-2005/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kyogoku, Natsuhiko: The Summer of the Ubume (1994, 2009 tr.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Summer of the Ubume By Natsuhiko Kyogoku Translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander Mystery/Horror Vertical, 2009 Originally published in Japanese as Ubume no natsu by Kodansha, 1994 Paperback $16.95 978-1-934287-25-5 When Sekiguchi, a hack writer, becomes &#8230; <a href="https://joykim.net/posts/kyogoku-natsuhiko-the-summer-of-the-ubume-1994-2009-tr/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Avasthi, Swati: Split (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Split By Swati Avasthi Young Adult Fiction Knopf, 2010 Hardcover $16.99 978-0-375-86340-0 When Jace Witherspoon is kicked out of the house by his abusive father, he hits the road and drives until he finds himself on the doorstep of his &#8230; <a href="https://joykim.net/posts/avasthi-swati-split-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in ebooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to technological innovation, I am generally in the early adopter or early majority categories. (Which one usually depends on how expensive the innovation in question is, as I am also quite cheap.) After all, I am easily &#8230; <a href="https://joykim.net/posts/adventures-in-ebooks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jo Walton on Lois McMaster Bujold over at Tor.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swing by the official Tor blogs when you get a chance, because novelist Jo Walton has been writing a series of posts on Lois McMaster Bujold&#8217;s Vorkosigan series. The post on Memory is especially worth reading. It really expresses a &#8230; <a href="https://joykim.net/posts/jo-walton-on-lois-mcmaster-bujold-over-at-torcom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Youth media awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALA announced its youth media award winners today at the midwinter conference in Denver. I really enjoyed The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, so I was very happy to see that it had won the Newbery Medal. Of course, Gaiman &#8230; <a href="https://joykim.net/posts/youth-media-awards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Young at heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was an enthusiastic reader as a child, but I still managed to miss out on a lot of excellent children&#8217;s books when I was in their actual target age group. Fortunately, I&#8217;ve never been of the opinion that books &#8230; <a href="https://joykim.net/posts/young-at-heart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CLA and books for younger teens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month I attended one day of the California Library Association annual conference. The panels that I attended were sort of hit-or-miss, which will come as no surprise to anyone who has ever attended a professional conference. My favorite &#8230; <a href="https://joykim.net/posts/cla-and-books-for-younger-teens/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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